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The common wisdom is that a trachoma program cannot eliminate ocular chlamydia from a community, just reduce infection to a level where blindness would be minimal. We describe the success of multiple mass antibiotic treatments, demonstrating that complete elimination of infection may be an attainable goal in an area with modest disease.

Trachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Commercial assays do not discriminate among all Chlamydiaceae species that might be involved in trachoma. We investigated whether a commercial Micro-ArrayTube could discriminate Chlamydiaceae sp...

Zika is a virus primarily spread through bites of infected mosquitoes. : Children cannot pass Zika to each other through touching, sneezing, or coughing. There is no vaccine to prevent Zika. The best way to protect children from Zika is to prevent mo...

Where has Zika virus been found? : • Prior to 2015, Zika virus outbreaks have occurred in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. : • In May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert regarding the first c...

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.

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February 3, 2016

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Where has Zika virus been found? : • Prior to 2015, Zika virus outbreaks have occurred in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. : • In May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert regarding the first c...